Consumers in the Bush
Shopping in Rural Upper Canada
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2015
313 pages
978-0-7735-9709-9 (ISBN)
Description
The everyday material world of rural Canadian families in the nineteenth century.
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McCalla Douglas:
Douglas McCalla is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Guelph.Douglas McCalla is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Guelph.
Douglas McCalla is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Guelph.Douglas McCalla is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Guelph.
Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- TABLES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREAMBLE: CONSUMERS IN THE BUSH
- 1 CRUSOE IN UPPER CANADA? STORIES OF RURAL CONSUMPTION
- 2 PLACES, STORES, AND PEOPLE: VILLAGE STORES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS
- 3 FASHION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE? TEXTILE AND CLOTHING PURCHASES
- 4 A WORLD WITHOUT CHOCOLATE: PURCHASES OF GROCERIES AND MEDICATIONS
- 5 IRON IN A "WOODEN AGE": HARDWARE AND RELATED PURCHASES
- 6 LOCAL GOODS: IMPORTERS AND THE MARKET FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS
- 7 HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FOOTWEAR, AND OTHER PURCHASES
- CONCLUSION: "ESSENTIALS" AND EVERYDAY LIFE
- TABLES
- APPENDICES
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
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- K
- L
- M
- N
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